Category: THE OUTLAWS

As requested and to keep completing the Rock Candy remasters collection, here’s the never featured elsewhere “Bring It Back Alive [Rock Candy remastered & reloaded]“, rockin’ hot live album from bluesy Americans THE OUTLAWS.
The MC say at the beginning of the concert; “PLEASE WELCOME THE FOUR GUITAR ARMY…’ never has there been a more fitting introduction for a band of such enduring stamina and total commitment to the art of guitar soloing. Yes, at places, there’s 4 electric guitars at the same time, as bassist Harvey Dalton Arnold occasionally pick up the 6 strings for a killer, massive riff mayhem.
The Outlaws were one of the premiere Southern Rock groups operating during the late 1970s, unleashing a superlative selection of US blues rural-tinged songs laced with lashings of deliciously executed lead guitar from not one… nor two… but THREE lead guitarists.
Aided and abetted by two (!) drummers and featuring guitar wizard Freddie Salem, this Rock Candy release boasts, for the first time, a fully reinstated twelve song quota (previous reissue were edited), including the definitive twenty-one minute version of their epic live centre piece ‘Green Grass And High Tides’…
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As requested, here’s the Rock Candy Records Remastered & Reloaded release of THE OUTLAWS “Playin’ To Win” album. This is the band’s fourth LP and the first without guitarist and singer / songwriter Henry Paul, who left to form his own band.
Following a career defining double live album, the band made preparations for their fourth studio LP, one that would not only showcase their roots but also pave the way for the future. The Outlaws wanted a more ‘rocking’ approach, still blues based, but with increased punch and loud guitars.
To do this they tapped into a new producer, a young Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange, then just another rising star behind the tape-desk. Recognizing a creative genius, the band set about recording “Playing To Win”in Georgia with Lange at the helm and Rodney Mills (.38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd) in the engineer’s seat. This was to prove a highly potent combination.
Outlaw’s “Playin’ To Win” showcased a band in search of something fresh but not crazy enough to abandon their heritage. As you might expect, the focus with Mutt Lange in the driving seat was on songs and melody, showcasing a style that sounded big, beefy and highly commercial…